NACC Phuket Director Suwat Saowaran yesterday (Mar 5) inspected the site where the concrete steps central to the Swiss expat Urs Fehr case were demolished yesterday.
Joining Mr Suwat was Panya Samphaorat, Chief of the Pa Khlok Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor), and a host of other officials.
“We are investigating whether construction has encroached on a public areas, and the issuance of land title documents for the entire plot of more than 120 rai, which is known to contain approximately 30-32 villas,” Mr Suwat said.
“We will check to see if government officials or civil servants were involved or not, and if it is found that in any case there are officials taking action.
“The NACC has no qualms and performs its duties according to its authority, and is truly doing it for the people,” Mr Suwat said.
“If government officials were involved and performed their duties incorrectly, we will take legal action,” he said.
Mr Suwat confirmed that NACC Phuket was acting on information provided by the local anti-corruption group ‘STRONG Club - Sufficiency Mind Against Corruption Phuket Province’.
The group has been attributed to releasing copies of land land documents for the housing development, operated by Phuket Peninsula Estate Co Ltd. Of note, the group has not publicly posted copies of the land documents on its own official Facebook page.
Reports citing the STRONG group showed land documents for the area originally covering just over 90 rai, but a later land document issued for the same plt was marked as covering 106 rai.
Mr Suwat yesterday said NACC Phuket officials were investigating the area, which he said covered 120 rai.
Pa Khlok OrBorTor Chief Mr Panya said that if the project was found to be encroaching on public land, his office will take legal action.